6 weeks later...

Miss Emaline Jane--born 2-12 @ 9:08pm weight 7lbs 10oz
1 week old
5 weeks

the adorable nursery

My labor story...
Well my doctor thought I was a week overdue and wanted to induce me-which I put off as long as I could because I wanted her to come when she was ready and because I wanted to have her natural. My doctor was going out of town and wanted to deliver her before he left, but like I said I wanted to wait and so when I had to be induced I had a new doctor.

Anyway, we went into the hospital on Thursday night at 9pm and was hooked up to the monitors and all that fun stuff. I was maybe 1 cm when I went in and then they started the pitocin at 4am. I was asked many times by various nurses and staff if I was ready for my epidural but I was still wanting to go without one. The pitocin started kicking in and I was really starting to hurt about 930am. I was able to move around with the wireless monitors and rock in the rocking chair, Ithought if I could stay out of that awful hospital bed I could actually go without the pain meds...well those lovely little monitors stopped working and weren't picking up the baby's heartbeat so I got to lay back in bed, oh joy. Well the pain was so bad I started getting sick and tossed my 'cookies' into one of those nice little bed pans (Ryan accidentally sat on it,yuck!)

...now I'm thinking is this really worth it? So at about 4pm I gave in and had the epidural. It had taken me from 9pm the night before until 4pm the next day to get to 6 cm and once I had the epidural I went from 6 to 10 within an hour and a half! I think my body was finally able to relax. I was nervous about the epidural because I didn't want to feel paralyzed, and I didn't, I could actually still move my legs-just no pain-life was good now! So after that they elevated me to help her 'drop' and then some pushing and she was out-almost exactly 24 hrs after we got to the hospital(a very long 24hrs)!

We had some trouble deciding on a name so our nurses helped. They said if she came out loud she'd be an Emaline and if not a Lily. Well she was loud!
It was very surreal and its still funny to think she was that little thing inside me making me sick, then the thing that was moving all over my stomach and now the baby I'm holding...

Its been a while...

-I haven't looked at blogs or have posted anything in forever! A lot has been going on since the last time I posted. I went to Texas for Thanksgiving and met up with my sister. We stayed at my grandparents and ate way too much! I honestly gained 10lbs in a matter of 5 days, but lost half before going to the doctor! Thank goodness!

-Ryan and I spent Christmas here this year and had a great time spending the holiday with my grandma and his family. We did miss seeing my family but the next week we had our Christmas with them and had a wonderful time!

-After Christmas my girlfriends from high school and I went on a little over night trip to Helen and had a fun girl's getaway. We crammed 6 girls and luggage into one jeep and lucky for me I talked them into giving me the front seat, since sitting in the back is very uncomfortable when one is 8 months preggo! We had a really nice cabin and ate lunch in town and walked around to the different shops.

-School has started again! Yay, my last semester is finally here! It will probably be the most stressful and hectic one but I will be so happy when I'm finished in about 104 days...I'm not counting or anything :)

Pregnancy update:
I am 38 weeks and becoming more nervous! Of course I am also excited but knowing that I am going to be responsible for another human being is a little scary! I'm not so worried about the labor part (maybe I should be more so) because I know that part will end. I also think going to the birthing class helped me feel more at ease about the whole 'process'.

I have had some crazy pregnancy dreams! I don't want to say what happened in them because it is a bit embarrassing but I do have to say if you mess with me in my dreams you will get hurt! I have been absentminded about everything! I forget where I put my keys, phone, and will forget what I was thinking about like 5 times a day! The baby is still very active, especially after I eat or late at night...does that mean she'll be a night owl?

I get asked this all the time "have you picked out a name yet?" and the answer is no. Sorry I haven't even been thinking of names recently. Ryan and I have a list that we are going to take to the hospital and we'll decide when we see her. I just can't name her until I see her. I wish I could like everyone else, but if I had trouble thinking of what I was going to name our dog then I am defiantly going to have trouble naming our baby.


Anyway, over the break Ryan put trim up in the nursery and painted it for me. He did a great job and I am glad he is so handy, because it probably would have cost us a pretty penny for a professional! The nursery isn't finished but it is a work in progress! I also have a friend who is going to help me paint some canvases to hang in the room.

**I'll post some pictures soon of all the things I mentioned above soon, because isn't that the best part of blogs? Looking at the pictures?!**

Team Jacward...

I was one of the many crazies who went to new moon at midnight...and it was a lot better than twilight. They def had more money to spend but there was still some cheese-oh well. I still am torn between Edward and Jacob. Jacob is so hot in this movie-except the voice-and why was he the only buff werewolf? I still don't really care for Bella--anyway...I had a fun time going out with some friends and I love going to the midnight showings because everyone there is also so excited to see the movie!

* Now I am ready for eclipse-which was my favorite book out of all four!

Hiking and a look at 7 months

Last weekend Ryan and I decided to take advantage of this nice weather and go for a hike with Nala. She loved it and of course she found water to play in...

You can't really see Nala, she blends in but she was loving this waterfall!

Beautiful view of all the changing trees...

This was on our way back...I just couldn't resist...if you can't tell what it is it's deer legs sticking out of this man's truck bed...lovely

One last thing...

7 months and counting... this is for you hannah

Happy Halloween!

Halloween 2008

It's a.....

Last night Ryan and I had some family and friends over to find out the sex of our baby. We had gone to the doctor on Wed and had the ultrasound but didn't look whenever they were looking at the 'goods', instead we had her write the results on a sheet of paper and My mom and I took it to a local bakery to bake the inside of the cake pink or blue!

When we first found out we were going to have a baby we thought it was a girl...I don't know why because growing up I thought I always wanted a boy first, but once we left the doctor's we thought for sure it was a boy. So on Friday night we decided one would pull for a girl and the other a boy...you can tell by the color of our tops. Anyway, Ryan gave me the knife and I cut into the corner of the cake and much to our surprise it was PINK! I was shocked, I really that it was going to be a boy! We are very excited and very nervous!

I am also very proud of myself for not looking at the ultrasound- I am known for ruining surprises! I thought it was extra special to find out with our family and friends!

Last Year...lets hope so

2 semesters to go and then I will be a college grad! :)